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South Asia
Pakistanis Continue Rally Against U.S. Anti-Islam Film
Pakistani demonstrators shout slogan during a protest rally against an anti-Islam film in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Sept. 29, 2012. Thousands marched in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Saturday against the anti-Islam movie made in the United States, which has sparked protests in the Muslim…
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World Tourism Day Celebrated In Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistani students participate in a photo exhibition to celebrate the World Tourism Day in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Sept. 27, 2012. <Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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Varanasi, Eternal Holy Place For Hindu Devotees
Indian boys dive into the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Varanasi is among the world’s oldest cities, and millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually here for ritual bathing and prayers in the Ganges river considered holiest by Hindus. A devotee seeks the blessings of a Hindu…
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Vehicles Line Up At Gas Station Amid Shortage Of Natural Gas
Vehicles line up at a compressed natural gas (CNG) station in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Sept. 27, 2012, due to the shortage of CNG. CNG filling stations remain closed for the fourth consecutive day in Lahore, after observing three days of scheduled gas load shedding, owing to the closure of…
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Indian Students Protest Demanding Creation Of A New State
Indian student throws stones towards policemen during a protest demanding the creation of a new state of Telangana, at Osmania University in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The protesters demanded that the new state of Telangana be carved from the existing Andhra Pradesh state. Indian police fire tear gas…
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Bus Accident At Purna River In India Claims 18 Lives
People pull the damaged bus out of the Purna river in Maharashtra, India, Sept. 26, 2012. At least 18 people, including some school children, were killed in a major road accident in the western Indian state of Maharashtra Wednesday, a senior police official said. People gather around the accident site…
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Scene Of People’s Lives At Poor Region In New Delhi
Indian laborers wait in the street before starting in New Delhi, India, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. <AP Photo/Kevin Frayer> An Indian rickshaw driver waits for customers as a ragpicker walks by on a street in New Delhi, India, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. An Indian vendor balances as he…
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Some 2,000 Afghans Become Disabled Due To Mine Blasts Each Year
Afghan disabled men exercise with their prosthetic legs at the Orthopedic Center of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan on Sept. 26, 2012. The war-torn Afghanistan is one of the most mine-contaminated country in the world. As a result, around 2,000 Afghans become…
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Pakistani Students Rally Against Anti-Islam U.S. Film
Pakistani students hang an effigy of U.S. pastor Terry Jones at a rally to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet Muhammad at Karachi University on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 in Pakistan. A Pakistani Taliban spokesman says the militant group has announced an amnesty for a minister…
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NATO Steps Up Training For Afghan Policemen
Policemen attend a training session in Herat Province, west Afghanistan, on Sept. 24, 2012. The Afghan government and the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan have stepped up efforts to train and equip Afghan police and army. <Xinhua=Sardar> news@theasian.asia
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